Previous Award Winners
Eugene P. Odum Award
2024
Kelly O’Neil (University of Memphis)
“Cheaper by the dozen? Effects of brood size on provisioning dynamics and parent-offspring conflict in a wild songbird”
2023
Gabriella LeFevre (Austin Peay State University)
“Thistle come as no surprise, invasives exploit native pollinators: comparing the reproductive success of an invasive and native thistle in the subtribe Carduinae (Asteraceae)”
2022
Paurava Thakore (University of Louisiana at Monroe)
“Loss of relict oak forests along coastal Louisiana: a multiyear analysis using Google Earth Engine”
2021
Shannon Walker (Virginia Commonwealth University)
“Belowground characteristics of coastal dune grasses with implications for species-specific effects on erosional resistance”
2020
No awards due to meeting cancellation.
2019
Nicholas Flanders (Old Dominion University)
“Effects of environmental conditions on survival of a bird-dispersed mistletoe, Phoradendron leucarpum”
2018
Christopher J. Payne (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“MultiEDA: An interactive exploratory data viewer for multivariate plot-based inventory data”
Tesa Madsen-McQueen (Appalachian State University)
“Environmental niche divergence in Southeastern Kalmia species; integrating phylogeny, community composition and ecology”
2017
David Nielsen (Appalachian State University)
“Mechanisms driving the asymmetrical distribution of Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern) on north/south ridges in an southern Appalachian woodland”
Lauren Whitehurst (Columbus State University)
“Implementing a DNA barcoding pipeline to prevent the introduction of invasive species into the port of Savannah”
2016
Dennis D. Tarasi (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Biotic and Abiotic Community Changes With Species Invasions”
Phoebe Cook (Grinnell College)
“No evidence for sexual selection on color dimorphism in Megalagrion calliphya Damselflies”
2015
John Jones (Appalachian State University)
“Ecological and Behavioral Consequences of Sympatry Between Golden-‐Winged and Chestnut-‐Sided Warblers in the Southern Appalachians”
2014
Lauren McCarthy (East Carolina University)
“How do differences in zooplankton hatching phenology and the presence of predators affect population and ecosystem properties of aquatic food webs”
2013
Kyle Palmquist (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Species frequency patterns in the Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem: characterizing the identity and dynamics of infrequent plant species”
2012
Keri Goodman (University of Georgia)
“Activated chemical defenses suppress herbivory on freshwater red algae”
2011
Alexander Fotis (University Lousiana-Monroe)
Elsie Quarterman-Catherine Keever Award
2024
Mackenzie Wallace (Wesleyan College)
“Hourly and seasonal patterns of visitation and sociality of eastern bluebirds at an artificial water source”
2023
Kaysa Vaarre-Lamoureux (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
“Assessing the effect of cattle grazing intensities on mixed-grass prairie arthropod communities”
2022
Mattie Harris (Georgia Southern University)
“Sex and starvation influences latrotoxin expression in the brown widow spider”
2021
Behil Alemu (Georgia Gwinnett College)
“Evaluating mammal diversity across habitats fragmented by a power line cut”
2020
No awards due to meeting cancellation.
2019
Zoë Bergman (James Madison University)
“Response of restoration chestnut seedlings to forest management strategies”
2018
Mallory Munden (University of North Carolina Wilmington)
“The impact of crab pot distribution on diamondback terrapin presence in the waters around Masonboro Island, North Carolina”
2017
Maggie Howard (Georgia Southern University)
“Inbreeding depression in the introduced spider Latrodectus geometricus”
2016
Alissa J. Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Does the Spatial Pattern of Tree Recruitment in Temperate Forests Reflect a Species’ Successional Status?”
2015
Catherine J. Cole (Appalachian State University)
“An Unusual Succulent in the Appalachian Understory: Leaf Morphology and Light Capture in Sedum ternatum”
2014
Charles Watt (James Madison University)
“Experimentation reveals how brook trout adapt body coloration to match substrate conditions and social hierarchies”
2013
Cakey Worthington (Davidson College)
“Effects of surrounding land use patterns and floral diversity on insect pollinator abundance and biodiversity”
2012
Anne Cubeta (College of Charleston)
“Using species distribution modelling to develop a restoration framework for Lindera melissifolia in the southeastern United States”
2011
K. Elizabeth Becker (University of Central Florida)